happened to jimmy hoffa, the union boss who disappeared 37 years ago? there have been all kinds of rumors about where he ended up, and now, thanks to a death bed tip, this mystery might soon be solved. abc's john donvan is on the beat. >> reporter: following a tip from a dying man, police are looking at this property in roseville, michigan, at the driveway, to be specific, under which may lie the solution to a 37-year-old national mystery. whatever happened to jimmy hoffa? and where did they dump the body? it's all marked up. tomorrow, they bring in the digger to rip it open. >> we're strictly investigating this as a cold case homicide. >> reporter: it's always been assumed that hoffa, once the powerful president of the teamsters union, who then did jail time for bribery, was killed off by the mob, after he walked out of this detroit restaurant in july 1975. >> i'm going to do what i got to do! >> reporter: it became the stuff of documentaries and movies, like 1992's "hoffa." over the years, many theories and a few leads. an early one, that hoffa's body was entombed in concrete dur

field in less than 90 minutes. >> searching for jimmy hoffa. a tipster says he thinks he saw him buried under a driveway. >> crazy. >> now a plan to start digging, again. >> plus, a desperate situation aboard a passenger plane. front landing gear twist attend no way to fix it. how a last second development may have saved everybody on board. the moment when panic and tears turn to applause on a jet at j.f.k. but first from fox this thursday night. the united states is pulling more staffers from our embassy at libya for security reasons. that is what officials are telling fox news. they say the move is temporary and they hope to send the workers back next week. the u.s. cut the staff to emergency levels after the attack on the consul in benghazi. now fox news has learned that officials are calling it a attae first 24 hours, not one but two sources say investigators suspected a group with ties to al-qaeda was to blame. a few days later obama officials were still telling a different story. >> the best assessment we have today that in fact this was not a preplanned attack. that what happened

leader jimmy hoffa may be buried in a detroit suburb. soil samples will be taken from a driveway of a home. a man told police he may have witnessed hoffa's burial. hoffa was last seen alive 37 years ago. >>> the university of california has agreed to pay $1 million to 21 demonstrators who were peppered spray during a protest. that was at uc davis. video of a police officer spraying demonstrators went viral. >>> a peaceful lawful demonstration on this campus was met with hostile police force in major riot gear. >> each demonstrator will receive $30,000 under the proposed settlement. their attorneys will receive the rest. the campus police officers shown spraying the students was fired. >>> j.k. rowling's first book for adults will be released today. "the casual vacancy" is a story that takes place in a peaceful english village. rowling is the most successful living writer. she said there's a chance she may write another book for young people. i wish i had her imagination. >>> a group in switzerland said it will present proof there's an earlier version of mona lisa. it believes it was d

37-year-old national mystery. what ever happened to jimmy of hoffa? and where did they dump the bold? it's all marked up. tomorrow, they'll bring in the digger to rip it open. >> this is a cold case homicide. >> reporter: it's always been assumed that hoffa, once a powerful president of the teamsters union, who then did jail time for bribery, was killed off by the mob, after he walked out of this detroit restaurant in july 1975. >> i'm going to do what i got to do! >> reporter: it became the stuff of documentaries and movies, like 1992's "hoffa." over the years, many theories and a few leads. an early one, that hoffa's body was entombed in concrete during the construction of giants' stadium, which was knocked down two years ago. later, going on tips, police drained an dug up a backyard pool outside of detroit. three years later, they pulled down a barn in rural michigan. nothing. this latest tip comes from a still anonymous source said to be dying of cancer, who says he saw a body placed here in 1975, as the driveway was being laid. police are not sure what they'll find. >> if i

backyard of a michigan home where authorities have been told the body of former teamster boss jimmy hoffa may have been buried. this after a dying man told police he saw men moving a black bag at that spot hours after hoffa went missing more than 35 years ago. >>> and happy birthday to actress mira sorvino who turns 45. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. meet the lucky 12-year-old boy who received his first kiss from country music superstar carrie underwood. >>> and comedian chelsea handler sits down with savannah to talk about the new season of "chelsea lately" and her plea to tom cruise. >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. have a great weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vita

teamsters boss, jimmy hoffa. he disappeared in 1975. the soil extracted from the driveway today will be examined for human composition results. and could be available next week. >>> there's a huge buzz online about abc's brian ross and his investigation into theft by tsa agents. brian and his team checked bags with ipads and cash. and left ipads behind at tsa checkpoints at ten major airports. all the checked luggage made it safely. and nine out of ten forgotten ipads were returned. but in orlando, the ipad was last seen in the hands of tsa officer andy ramirez, and then tracked to his home 30 miles away. >> reporter: brian ross from abc news. when we went to reclaim the ipad two weeks later, ramirez, at first, denied having it. did you take it? >> no, sir. >> reporter: but shortly after, we activated an audio alarm on the missing ipad, ramirez produced it. with his tsa uniform now off, he blamed his wife for taking it. >> ramirez has been fired. he's just 1 of 381 tsa officers who have lost their jobs for theft. 11 this year alone, amid what critics call a culture of indifference an

soil samples taken beneath a storage shed contain the remains of former teamsters boss jimmy hoffa. they say there's no discernible remains in the samples, but the lab is testing them and results are expected by monday. a tipster claimed the body was buried under a suburban detroit shed around the time hoffa disappeared. >>> today, ten miles of one of the busiest freeways in america closed. people in los angeles are calling it car mugedden two. will it live up to that name? last summer, drivers went through a similar closure on the 405. it went smoothly because most drivers actually tried to avoid the 405. are they doing it again this year? lots of construction activity behind you, but thankfully, no, i guess, traffic tie-ups anywhere. >> we actually just got an update from the l.a. fire department and the organizations that are running this construction. we're actually hearing that so far, there aren't any major massive delays anywhere in the los angeles area. it does appear that people are listening to the public warning to try to stay at home. i'm going to quote the fire chief here an

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leader jimmy hoffa may be buried in a detroit suburb. soil samples will be taken from a driveway of a home. hoffa was last seen alive 37 years ago. >>> the university of california has agreed to pay $1 million to 21 demonstrators who were peppered spray during a protest. video of a police officer spring demonstrators went viral. >>> a peaceful lawful demonstration on this campus was met with hostile police force in major riot gear. >> each demonstrator will receive $30,000 under the proposed settlement. their attorneys will receive the rest. the campus police officers shown spring the students was fired. >>> j.k. rollins first book for adults will be released today. rowling is the most successful living writer. she said there's a chance she may write another book for young people. >>> a group in switzerland said it will present proof there's an earlier version of mona lisa. and was done by leonardo davinci at least 11 years before the famous one that now hangs in the louvre. the only thing different is the landscape in the background. some said davinci couldn't have paint the it based

years since jimmy hoffa went missing. the fbi is heading to eastern michigan on a tip that his body could be buried in the backyard there. a man succeays he saw other many a body just hours after hoffa went missing in 1975. he was seen meeting with two suspected mafia members. police say they are taking this tip seriously but do not expect to actually find hoffa's body. >> we believe he's credible enough that he believes what he saw, that something took place that day out of the ordinary. we do not believe it's jimmy hoffa. we are not making that assumption. the timeline doesn't exactly add up to be mr. hoffa. >> there are many conspiracy theories on where hoffa is actually buries. some rumors include him being underneath giants stadium in new jersey or even on the grounds of the white house. >>> this morning we're getting video of a dramatic explosion in washington state. a truck burst into flames while it was laying down adhesive for lane markers. it was carrying a large propane tank. flames shoot out of all side of the truck. no one was hurt. >>> a record number of american house

. >>> will the 37-year-old mystery of jimmy hoffa's disappearance be solved this week? tomorrow crews are going to dig up some cement at a home in roseville, michigan. police got a tip from a credible source that something was buried there the same time hoffa disappeared. the teamsters boss is rumored to be buried many places, including giant stadium but he's never been found. >>> the same company that built the ronald reagan building will be repairing the washington monument. the national park service announced its chosen contract -- it's chosen a contractor wednesday. the monument has been closed since the earthquake 13 months ago and will likely remain closed till 2014. >>> if you know a bride who's planning her wedding, she can join brides against breast cancer and get a deeply discounted wedding gown. we have the details at 5:49. >> in sports at 5:21, the nationals will be losing one of their coaches after this season. >> who knew. >> howard is going to tell us just how much rain we could be getting. he has the seven-day forecast right after this. >>> good morning. welcome back to 9n

hope tests today will help solve the mystery of jimmy hoffa's missing body. police will take soil samples in a backyard of eastern michigan which will test for human decomposition. a man living in the area told investigators he saw people bury a body there in 1975 on the same day hoffa disappeared. radar tests show the ground has been disturbed at some point. hoffa was believed to be involved with the mob at the time of his disappearance. >>> this video just coming into the news room, investigators trying to figure out what caused a small plane to crash in nepal, leading to this fire. 19 people were killed. that twin engine prop plane went down in a field not far from the airport. just after it took off. the weather apparently was pretty clear at that time. as you can see in the images here, british and chinese citizens were on that plane, we understand. this time of year is a peak tourism season in nepal, which is home to 8 of the world's 14 highest mountains, including mt. everest. >>> a virginia man facing federal charges after a tirade on board a united airlines flight. >> ple

. this is the latest stop on the twisted path searching for jimmy hoffa. investigators are in that shed, gathering a soil sample to see if the mystery of jimmy hoffa rests here. more than 37 years after jimmy hoffa vanished without a trace, the trail led to this suburban home. an informant claims he saw a body buried here around the time hoffa went missing. first told the author of "the hoffa wars." >> he is adamant that he is buried at this location. >> reporter: he directed him to the local police. >> we believe the witness did observe something and we felt credible enough to take the investigation to this point. >> reporter: using ground penetrating radar, authorities found signs of something about two feet under the driveway. today, they'll take a soil sample to look for evidence of human remains. hoffa was last seen outside a detroit restaurant in 1975, apparently lured by two mob figures. since then, the search has taken investigators to northern michigan, to giants stadium in new jersey, and to a farm outside detroit where in 2006 the fbi raised a 3,000 foot barn and dug under it

developments in the decades-old search for teamsters' boss jimmy hoffa. police in detroit have received a new trip that hoffa is buried under the driveway you see there. they're now taking soil samples. thousands of tips have come in since hoffa vnished back in 1975. >>> finally, the prime minister of great britain, perhaps a little embarrassed this morning. he was on david letterman last night. got a pop quiz on british history. he did rather well. but he missed two. he knew which year the magna carta was signed. hear, hear. but he didn't know what magna carta meant. it means great charter. he also couldn't name the composer of "rule britannia." that composer is? thomas arnes. see i -- it's fine. >> you just knew that. it was just in your head. >> i didn't. i'm going to guess there aren't a ton of brits that know it, either. on par, he can be excused. he did rather well. >> a pop quiz. that's tough. >> those are the only two he missed. >> little high-risk for a british prime minister on "letterman." josh, thanks. >>> the race for the white house. "your voice, your vote" with 40 days to